shredsickgnar wrote: He should higher who ever designs graphics for MakeNoise then he would have cult status.

Those deigns were crafted to give the modules a sense of childlike playfulness that enhances the creative process by disallowing the user to understand how to utilize the module in the traditional or "correct" manner, thus freeing the artist inside all of us.

shredsickgnar wrote: He should higher who ever designs graphics for MakeNoise then he would have cult status.

Those deigns were crafted to give the modules a sense of childlike playfulness that enhances the creative process by disallowing the user to understand how to utilize the module in the traditional or "correct" manner, thus freeing the artist inside all of us.

And for exactly this reason, I'm having my entire studio custom finger-painted by monkeys

"More modules will be available as vintage editions during the next few months. The sequencer module series will probably be next (A-154, A-155, A-156).
We are also considering offering the black panels and vintage style knobs as spare parts. This would allow users to modify their existing modules – provided that their skills are sufficient to disassemble and reassemble the modules."

The way understand it is there will be the black vintage version officially released by Doepfer with the possibilty he will be making those black panels + knobs available seperately if the demand is high enough.
The trippy colourful versions are just design studies brought to the module by printed adhesive foil, saying, those won´t be officially available, except maybe in downloadable form.

Luap wrote:
"More modules will be available as vintage editions during the next few months. The sequencer module series will probably be next (A-154, A-155, A-156).
We are also considering offering the black panels and vintage style knobs as spare parts. This would allow users to modify their existing modules – provided that their skills are sufficient to disassemble and reassemble the modules."

This is what I want to see! I want to convert my whole friggin' rack to the vintage editions. So hot!

I actually like the silver panels, and since most of my rack is like that, I'll keep it that way for consistency. But Doepfer modules look 200% better with black knobs: I've been gradually replacing mine with Synth Pointer ones. They look great, but reduce wiggling room a bit too much on some modules, which is why I'm excited by Doepfer's new black knobs. I have a feeling they'll look really sharp on silver panels too, and be a much better size than the compromise solution I've made so far.

I would have loved to have started with all black instead of all gray in my A100 but now that I've got gray modules from a lot of other manufacturers it really doesn't matter if they are gray or black.

I have to admit the black is a very sharp look and if he makes templates available for the black designs someone might be able to make a few bucks selling black foil stickers assuming the black looked nice and flat.